De Meno captures five golds, including all-around title at PSAL city individuals

Lauren De Meno racked up gold medals in all four apparatus and the all-around title in the PSAL city individuals. (STATEN ISLAND ADVANCE/Bill Lyons)

Move over Brittanie De Meno, you have some company.

Lauren De Meno, the sophomore sensation at Tottenville, and sister of the former Pirate juggernaut, racked up five gold medals while setting more records at Sunday’s PSAL city individuals at the Aviator Sports Center in Brooklyn.

And just like sister Brittanie, De Meno captured the titles during sophomore year.

“It feels amazing,” said Lauren. “Now I know how hard she worked. I wasn’t expecting anything big, but each time I was hopeful everything would fall into place and it did.”

De Meno did a difficult layout Yurchenko vault and carded a 9.85 score on the vault. Her score broke the city’s previous record of 9.8 set by teammate Gina Tucker at Thursday’s city championships. It is believed to be the highest score ever awarded to any gymnast in the city or Staten Island.

She received a 9.7 on the uneven bars, breaking Lindsey Stern’s 9.55 in the same meet in 2001.

De Meno carded a 9.6 on the balance beam and a 9.5 on floor exercises. She scored a city-record 38.65 in the all-around, breaking her own 38.3 score from Thursday.

“I’m proud of these girls,” said Mary Casale. “They try new things. They have tougher skills, and that’s why our scores are so high. They’re pulling out more tricks and that shows how well we’ve improved in the last few years."

Teammate Gina Tucker finished second in the all-around with a 36.25. She scored a 9.15 on the bars and a 9.25 on floor. Freshman Juliana Perno had two third-place finishes on bars (7.5) and floor (9.0).

New Dorp’s Eve Daniels finished third on vault with an 8.35, while Danielle Scribani’s 8.35 on beam took third. Perno finished third overall in the all-around (33.25), followed by Kristen Parlagreco’s 31.1.

Curtis, in its first year as a developmental program, had two girls (Clara Kuhn and Jada Mahoney) qualify for the individuals and both did exceptionally well. Kuhn finished fifth in the all-around with a 30.65, followed by Daniels (29.85) and Mahoney (29.6), ending the day with an all-Island sweep in the final all-around standings.

NOTES: The PSAL announced the 11 gymnasts who will be representing New York City in the New York state championships March 2 on Long Island. Nine are Islanders: De Meno, Tucker, Perno, Daniels, Kuhn, Sabrina Loiacono (Tottenville), Scribani, Parlagreco and Reno. Casale is a co-coach.